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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2023
Tyco Fire Products Lp, Cranston, RI (US);
George B. Coletta, West Warwick, RI (US);
Robert Kyle Fullerton, Matthews, NC (US);
Scott Alan Going, Lubbock, TX (US);
Michael W. Horgan, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Alaine Christine Liotta, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Gary James Luiz, Warwick, RI (US);
Todd F. Orsini, Sterling, MA (US);
Darren Palmieri, Chalfont, PA (US);
Dennis Michael Phillips, Mount Juliet, TN (US);
Kevin Wade Pressnell, Athens, AL (US);
Manuel R. Silva, Jr., Cranston, RI (US);
Tyco Fire Products LP, Cranston, RI (US);
Abstract
Adjustable fire protection assemblies and methods are provided. The assembly includes a sprinkler having a body with an outer encasing surface and a deflector supported from the body. An escutcheon having a receiver and a rim surround the fire protection sprinkler to define an aperture between the receiver and the sprinkler. A push-to-connect fitting of the assembly includes a tubular member with an end for connection to a pipe and an internal conduit that receives the sprinkler body. A seal member and a retaining ring are disposed within the tubular member to form an adjustable seal and grip about the sprinkler body. A releasing member translates to disengage the retaining ring from the sprinkler body; and the escutcheon translates with respect to the tubular member in a sliding surface engagement to define an adjustable deflector-to-rim distance between the rim of the escutcheon and the deflector of the sprinkler.